Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-09-15
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

DR.. OLGA Won DERTzEN wears five
medals for service rendered in nursing
during the Danish, Austro-Gcrman and
Franco-Prussian wars.
MRS. HELEN T. CLARK, of Florence.
has connected herself with the maya
zine entitled Good Cheer, published at
Greenfield, Mass, and has removed to
that city.
Miss MARY L. CoRT has been ap-
pointed provisional president of the
Worlds w. c. 7. u. for Siam, by Mrs.
Mary G. Leavitt, the worlds temper
ance missionary.
MRS. SAILS SCHwABE, by gift OF
$4,000 to the Teachers Training and
Registration Society in Naples. has
enabled it to establish its work on a
permanent basis
Mrs. ISABELLA PRINCE, of San Fran
cisco, has been engaged to goto Toxic
to teach the Japanese ladies of rank
household science as it is practiced in
the United States.
MRS. NJ w. LINCOLN gave the first
of series of six illustrated lectures on
"Musical Myths and Primitive Meth
ods," before the Deerfield summer
school, in the class for the study of
folklore.
Miss WINNARETTA SINGER, the
daughter of the sewing-machine Million
aire, is worth more than one million
dollars in her own right. But she
cultivates her talent for painting as
siduously.
SENoRITA ERNEsTINA PEREZ passed
her medical examination in Santiago
short time ago, and is now practic-
ing in Valparaiso, with the title OF
"Medico-C Cirujano. She is the first
Chilian woman who has studied medi-
cine successfully.
ONLY a mother knows the varied dis
cipline of hopes and fears, and joys
and sorrows, through which mother
passes to glory; for this is the mothers
pathway, and she rarely walks on a
higher road, or one that may lead to
perfection. PrentiSS.
Mrs. FANNY ZAMPINI SALAzARo has
started magazine in Italy, of which
she is the editor 1t is called La Ras-
segna degH Interest," Femminili, and,
as it's title indicates, is devoted to the
interests of women. The magazine has
now reached its sixth number, and has
gained the good wishes and influence
of the Queen of Italy and the ladies OF
her court.
Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON is in
Paris, sitting daily for her portrait to
an American painter, Miss Anna E.
Klumpke, of San Francisco, who re-
ceived an honorable mention in last
years salon. Mrs. Stanton is sitting
also to the sculptor, Paul Bartlett, OF
Boston, who exhibits group in the
present salon. He, too, has just re-
, ceived an honorable mention. Mr.,
Bartlett will probably execute the
: medallion of Theodore Parker which
will be placed on the reformer's grave
| in Florence.
MISS NETTIE VERNEs, sixteen-year
s old daughter of Chief of Police Vernes
= who has frequently acted in her ia
: theirs stead. conducted burly prison
, er to the county Jail in Lock Haven
t Pa, on Tuesday. When asked by 8
: curious reporter if she was not afraid
she answered promptly in the mega
tive. Miss Vernes is not masculin,
looking, as might be imagined, but il
!, possessed of the grace and appearance
: of her sex, and her looks would neve
: indicate that She has the nerve whicl
y she displays.
n OTTAWA, Can, is stirred over tn
|. revelation made within few days a
S to the traffic in that city in young girl
n of from twelve to fourteen years, il
s which a number of prominent citizens
e as well as several leading politicians
q are implicated. Such facts show tn
g sore need women have of the ballo
d for their own protection. Should nc
i every good man lend his best aid to 81
q cure woman suffrage for the sake {
n his own daughtersP Is there woma
Z anywhere who can say, in view {
e such cases as this, that she does nj
e care for the ballotP- Wonlan's Joai
y nal
t, MISS OLIVE SANBoRN, of Orator
!, ID. T.. on the 21st ult stopped spa
II of running horses at great persons
J. risk to herself A large number
/ carriages we're in the street. and b,
heroic conduct prevented a dire acc
dent. Citizens presented her Wi
numerous testimonials" When
E. Dorchester woman, in colonial time
in drove away the Indians from the oil
10 house left the General Court presents
n: her with a pair of bracelets. Som
sr time. let us hope, it will occur to o.
in lawmakers that sex capable of SUI
N heroic conduct is also capable of Al
]. | worthy of the ballot